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English 18th Century Military Portraits

Portrait Of Thomas Paget, Governor Of Minorca, Marquess Of Anglesey 18th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Thomas Paget, Governor Of Minorca, Marquess Of Anglesey, 18th Century English School
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18th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Lady Anne Tipping née Cheke c.1705, English Aristocratic Collection
By Kneller Godfrey
Located in London, GB
military and political service, dating back to the 17th century, and this was also reflected in the fine
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Lady - British 17th century art Old Master portrait oil painting
By Sir Godfrey Kneller
Located in London, GB
17th and early 18th centuries, and was court painter to English and British monarchs from Charles II to
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Lieutenant General Talmash: 18th C. Portrait by Houbraken
By Jacobus Houbraken
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an 18th century copperplate engraved portrait of Lieutenant General Talmash by Jacobus
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1740s Portrait Prints

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Engraving

Portrait of a Boy with Bird - British 17th century art Old Master oil painting
Located in London, GB
late 17th and early 18th centuries, and was court painter to English and British monarchs from Charles
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1680s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of a Lady Diana Cecil, Countess of Elgin c.1638, Manor House Provenance
Located in London, GB
Elizabeth Drury. Her first husband, Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford, died in battle only 18 months after
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Portrait of a Boy with Bird - British 17thC Old Master art oil painting
By Sir Godfrey Kneller
Located in London, GB
painter in England during the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and was court painter to English and
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1680s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

French Pastel Portrait of a Chevalier of the Order of St Louis.
By (Circle of) Jean Baptiste Greuze
Located in Cotignac, FR
A fine 18th century French pastel portrait on paper of an aristocrat wearing the order of St Louis
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18th Century Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

Portrait of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham: Rare Framed Mezzotint after Brompton
By Edward Fisher
Located in Alamo, CA
military action in America. He advocated for a withdrawal of English troops from Boston in 1775 and the
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints

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Mezzotint

18th C. Portrait of the 4th Earl of Sandwich a View of Constantinople Beyond
Located in London, GB
) __________________________________________________________ George Knapton (1698–1778) was an English portrait painter and the first portraitist for the Society of
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Prince William III the Son of King George II
By Joseph Highmore
Located in Southall, GB
faithful dog at his side. Joseph Highmore (13 June 1692 – 3 March 1780) was an English portrait and
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Antique Early 18th Century English Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Antique Portrait of Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough
By Jacobus Houbraken
Located in Langweer, NL
Peterborough and 1st Earl of Monmouth, KG, PC (1658 – 25 October 1735) was an English nobleman and military
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Antique Mid-18th Century Prints

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Paper

Historical military oil painting of a prisoner being brought before officers
By John Seymour Lucas
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
16th to 18th century including the Spanish Armada, English Civil War and the Jacobite rebellions. His
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Attitudes of the Prussian Military - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
By Thomas Holloway
Located in Roma, IT
late 18th and early 19th century, as in the case of Johann Fuseli and William Blake (who realized two
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1810s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Antique Portrait of Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland, 4th Baron Percy
Located in Langweer, NL
. Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland, 4th Baron Percy, (1602-1668) was an English military leader
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Antique 18th Century Prints

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Paper

Pair Small Oil on Canvas, Oval Format Portraits, Circa:1770, England
Located in Alexandria, VA
itinerant portrait artist who painted in the French style popular in Britain in the second half of the 18th
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Antique 1760s English Georgian Paintings

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Wood, Giltwood, Paint

Thomas Jefferson Signature Collage
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
handsome etched portrait of Jefferson by 20th century artist Jacques Reich. A head and shoulders portrait
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Antique Late 18th Century North American Historical Memorabilia

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Paper

Thomas Jefferson Signature Collage
Thomas Jefferson Signature Collage
H 28.75 in W 22 in D 1.88 in
17th Century Oil Painting of Magnificent Horse 'The Grey Arabian'
By Jan Wyck
Located in London, GB
on to exemplify English equestrian and military art in the 18th century.
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings

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Oil

View of Greenwich and Down the River engraving by Stadler after Farington
Located in London, GB
German émigré engraver of images after his contemporaries - here, 18th-century English landscape painter
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18th Century Landscape Prints

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Engraving

Chapel of All Souls College, Oxford engraving by Joseph Stadler for Ackermann
Located in London, GB
contemporaries - here, 18th-century English landscape painter and diarist Joseph Farington. Stadler's engravings
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1810s Realist Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

Jesus College, Cambridge 1815 engraving by Joseph Stadler for Ackermann
Located in London, GB
engraver of images after his contemporaries - here, 18th-century English landscape painter and diarist
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1810s Realist Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

Clare College, Cambridge / Clare Hall / King's College engraving by Stadler
Located in London, GB
after his contemporaries - here, 18th-century English landscape painter and diarist Joseph Farington
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1810s Realist Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

The River Barge
By David Cox
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Cox started painting paper kites while recovering from a broken leg. By the late 18th century
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1810s Romantic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Unknown title (castle with wall, stream and footbridge)
By David Cox
Located in Fairlawn, OH
. By the late 18th century Birmingham had developed a network of private academies teaching drawing and
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1840s Romantic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

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Nihon Embankment in Yoshiwara Japanese Woodblock Print
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Houston, TX
Woodblock print from the Edo period. The print was apart of a series that Hiroshige did titled, "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo". The woodblock print is printed on rice paper. The p...
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1850s Edo Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Saint George Dragon Alpine Painter 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Saint George and the Dragon Alpine painter, 17th century Oil on canvas 142 x 96 cm. - framed 158 x 111 cm. The large painting evocatively illustrates the triumph against the dragon...
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings

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Oil

Original Antique Print of Napoleon Bonaparte - Russia. Circa 1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of Napoleon Bonaparte Fine steel engraving Published by Fullerton circa 1850 Unframed. The size given is the paper size
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Antique 1850s English Prints

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Paper

Pair (2) Portraits Gentleman & Lady, William & Rachel Helyar c.1656, Civil War
By Robert Walker
Located in London, GB
Portrait of Colonel William Helyar (1621-1698) and Rachel Helyar (c.1633-1678) c.1656 Circle of Robert Walker (act. 1637-1656) These fascinating portraits, presented by Titan Fine ...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Gentleman
By (Circle of) Mary Beale
Located in London, GB
Circle of Mary Beale 1633 - 1699 Portrait of a Gentleman Oil on canvas Image size: 30 x 25 inches Contemporary gilt frame Mary Beale was the daughter of a Suffolk clergyman.Sh...
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17th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Portrait of Major General James Hanson Salmond - British 18thC art oil painting
By Sir Thomas Lawrence
Located in London, GB
This superb British Old Master oil painting is attributed to circle of Sir Thomas Lawrence. Painted circa 1795, the sitter is Major-General James Hanson Salmond (1766–1837) an office...
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1790s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of a Lady with Pink Bow - British c 1820 Old Master art oil painting
By Sir Thomas Lawrence
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to circle of Sir Thomas Lawrence. Painted circa 1820 it is a seated half length portrait of a beautiful lady in a b...
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1820s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Napoleon Beating Austrians The Battle of Castiglione Italy Old Print, 1800
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Castiglione'. Original antique print of the Battle of Castiglione. The Battle of Castiglione saw the French Army of Italy under General Napoleon Bonaparte a...
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Antique Early 1800s Prints

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Paper

Julius Caesar on Horseback
By Antonio Tempesta
Located in New York, NY
Provenance: Private Collection, South America Antonio Tempesta began his career in Florence, working on the decoration of the Palazzo Vecchio under the direction of Giorgio Vasari....
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16th Century Old Masters Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Antique 17th Century Flemish Historical Tapestry, Featuring Dido and Aeneas
Located in New York, NY
A French Aubusson historical tapestry from the late 17th century, depicting Aeneas relating his adventures to Dido, from 'The Story of Dido and Aeneas' series after Virgil’s 'The Aen...
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Antique 17th Century Belgian Tapestries

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Wool, Silk

Portrait of a Gentleman in Armour and Mauve Cloak c.1740; Louis Tocque, Painting
Located in London, GB
The sitter in this superb portrait, presented by Titan Fine Art, is shown with the grandiloquence characteristic of the eighteenth-century French school of painting. The young noble...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait Gentleman Black Coat Orange Sash, Dutch Old Master, Oil on Panel c.1650
By Bartholomeus van der Helst
Located in London, GB
This exquisite portrait of a gentleman depicted in a sumptuous black coat edged with silver and slashed sleeves is an excellent example of the type of portrait fashionable in England...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

English Portraits of Lady, Dorothy & Jane Wood c.1750, Remarkable Carved Frames
By John Theodore Heins
Located in London, GB
Portraits of a Lady, Dorothy and Jane Wood c.1750, Fine Carved Frames By John Theodore Heins (1697-1756) Titan Fine Art present these works, which formed part of a collection of fam...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

17th century portrait of a lady seated in an interior
Located in Bath, Somerset
Portrait of a lady, believed to be Henrietta Hyde (née Boyle), Countess of Rochester, (1646-1687) three quarter length, wearing an amber coloured silk gown, with an embroidered blue ...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting Portrait, attributed to John Vanderbank (1694-1739)
By John Vanderbank
Located in Uppingham, GB
Oil Painting Portrait of John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll,, att to John Vanderbank (1694-1739) Housed in a swept frame which has been restored after photo. Canvas Size 50" x 40", Fr...
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1690s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Mid 19th Century Family Oil Portrait C.1840
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid 19th Century Family Oil Portrait C.1840 Outstanding oil portrait of a young family revealing a painting of the matriarch of the family, possibly a mourning portrait. Original o...
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Mid-19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

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18th CENTURY ENGLISH OIL PORTRAIT OF AN OFFICER IN A RED COAT
Located in London/Yorkshire, GB
PORTRAIT OF AN OFFICER c.1715 - CIRCLE OF MICHAEL DAHL (1659 - 1743) A fine 18th century English
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

18TH CENTURY ENGLISH PORTRAIT OF A LADY IN WHITE DRESS AND BLUE CLOAK
By Thomas Hudson
Located in London/Yorkshire, GB
Period Portraits are thrilled that conservation has has revealed this fine 18th century portrait of
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

18TH CENTURY ENGLISH PORTRAIT OF A LADY IN WHITE DRESS AND BLUE CLOAK
By Thomas Hudson
Located in London/Yorkshire, GB
Period Portraits are thrilled that conservation has has revealed this fine 18th century portrait of
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

18th century Portrait of Playwright William Congreve in a Blue Velvet Jacket.
Located in London/Yorkshire, GB
support William’s father’s career in the military. Congreve’s first portrait was made at the age of twelve
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Prince William III the Son of King George II
By Joseph Highmore
Located in London, GB
English portrait and historical painter, illustrator and author. Highmore was born in London, the third
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Antique Early 18th Century English Rococo Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

The Corvette USS Washington of the Mediterranean Squadron circa 1800
Located in Madrid, ES
style was widely imitated all around Europe since mid 18th Century to the first third of 20th Century
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Early 1800s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

English 18th century Portrait of a Dorset Yeomanry Officer in Military uniform
By Thomas Beach
Located in Woodbury, CT
the 'Old Masters' in Italy in 1752 had by 1760 established himself as a portrait painter of some
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Sir Thomas Wharton (c.1615-1684)
Located in London, GB
Portrait of Sir Thomas Wharton (c.1615-1684), 18th Century British School After Anthony van Dyck
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

18th-Century Engraving, William George Frederick, Prince of Orange-Nassau
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This masterful 18th-century mezzotint engraving portrays the devilishly handsome William George
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18th Century English School Portrait Prints

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Engraving, Mezzotint, Paper

Portrait of James Scott, Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch (1649-1685)
Located in London, GB
Painted in the 18th century, this portrait depicts James Scott, as Duke of Monmouth wearing armour
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Lady Leigh (1658-1705)
Located in London, GB
This elegant and sophisticated portrait is a good example of the type of portrait that was popular
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Elizabethan Portrait of Thomas Vavasour in a Black Doublet c.1587, Oil on panel
Located in London, GB
16th century – the Elizabethan era – the golden age in English History when Queen Elizabeth I was on
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Portrait of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722)
Located in London, GB
striking image of the type of portrait in vogue during the last part of the 17th century and early part of
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Gentleman, William Seymour, 3rd Duke of Somerset, Oil Painting
By Studio of Sir Peter Lely
Located in London, GB
, and many variations made both in the 17th and 18th centuries, by the same hand and others, are not
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) circa 1702
By studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller
Located in London, GB
part of the 17th century and early part of the 18th. Presented in its period gilded antique frame
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Colonel Richard Lister in Armour & Holding a Baton, Harlaxton Manor
By studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller
Located in London, GB
, with its interesting history, was painted by one of the best and most famous English portrait painters
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of King William III, King of Great Britain c.1691; Antique Painting
By John Riley
Located in London, GB
the leading native-born portrait painter of the first forty years of the 18th century. Richardson
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting Portrait of Lord Edward Grenfell, 1st Baron St Just (1870-1941)
By Oswald Birley
Located in London, GB
exposure to 18th- and 19th century English portraiture, in particular Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas
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Early 20th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings

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Oil

18th Century English Oil on Canvas Painting of a Decorated Military Officer
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique English oil on canvas portrait of a decorated military officer, unsigned, framed in
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Antique 18th Century English Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood

James Francis Edward Stuart – The Old Pretender
Located in London, GB
English School, Early 18th Century James Francis Edward Stuart – The Old Pretender Oil on copper
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Copper

Early 18th Century Portrait of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
Located in London, GB
An early 18th century oil on canvas portrait of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough mounted in
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Antique 1720s English Paintings

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Canvas

Antique French Sevres Porcelain Topped Gilt Bronze Table, 18th Century
Located in London, GB
. Ormolu - (from French 'or moulu', signifying ground or pounded gold) is an 18th century English term for
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Antique 1790s French Porcelain

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Bronze

PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM III STUDIO OF SIR GODFREY KNELLER
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
portrait would be through such a line. The king’s depiction in the garb of the military Order of St
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Paintings

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Canvas

Louis XV Royal Presentation Sword
By Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, François-Thomas Germain
Located in New Orleans, LA
significance in France’s military history. Alain Porée was a fascinating figure in the French naval legacy. A
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Arms, Armor and Weapons

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Silver

Louis XV Royal Presentation Sword
Louis XV Royal Presentation Sword
H 4.5 in W 40.5 in D 6.5 in
Thomas Barber (1771-1843)
Located in London, GB
later to the portrait together with the Military General Service medal, which he died before he could
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Antique 19th Century English Paintings

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Canvas

The Honorable Mildmay Fane, English Portrait by Alexis Simon Belle 18th Century
By Alexis Simon Belle 1
Located in Lincoln, GB
Century, when having your portrait painted. His left hand is resting on a plinth. In the right hand
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait Of William, Duke of Cumberland (1721-1765), 18th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of William, Duke of Cumberland (1721-1765), 18th Century English School 18th century
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18th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

PORTRAIT of a Lady, late 17th Century, Fine Carved Frame
Located in London, GB
18th century (many producing variations of Lely’s themes). These works are often fine works of art in
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique Portrait Miniature of 'Justinian Saunders Bentley Nutt'
Located in Braintree, GB
. Made in England. 18th Century. Signed on miniature with P.C initials. The frame has engraving
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Antique Late 18th Century British Pendant Necklaces

Oil Portrait of Oliver Cromwell ( 1599-1658 )
Located in Leicester, GB
(25 April 1599 – 3 September 1658)[a] was an English military and political leader. He served as Lord
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Late 18th Century Mannerist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough K.G.
Located in San Francisco, CA
Amazing 18th Century portrait, stamped John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough K.G., Sir Winston
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Paintings

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English 18th Century Military Portraits For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of english 18th century military portraits available on 1stDibs. Finding the perfect Old Masters or modern examples of these works for your space is difficult — today, we have a vast range of variations and more on offer. There are many variations of these items available, from those made as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 19th Century. If you’re looking to add english 18th century military portraits that pop against an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include that feature elements of black, gray, beige, white and more. David Cox, Edward Fisher, Thomas Holloway, Jacobus Houbraken and Jan Wyck took a thoughtful approach to this subject that are worth considering. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and engraving.

How Much are English 18th Century Military Portraits?

English 18th century military portraits can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $2,500, while the lowest priced sells for $100 and the highest can go for as much as $217,392.